Mark Zuckerberg criticizes "closed" AI model makers, says AI labs are espousing a "discourse ... so filled with doom", and defends distillation as a principle (Jamie John/Financial Times)

Mark Zuckerberg has criticized companies that create "closed" AI models, saying they promote a discourse that is overly pessimistic. He defended the principle of making AI models more freely available, or "open-weight". According to Channel News Asia, Zuckerberg also called for lower US barriers to open-source AI models to help compete with Chinese rivals.

Meta, the company founded by Zuckerberg, has released a new open-weight AI model called Muse Glimmer. It is designed for specific tasks and can run on a standard computer with a single graphics card. This is in contrast to larger AI models from companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, which are more expensive and have restricted access.

The push for open-weight AI models is gaining traction as businesses become concerned about the high costs of AI and recent cybersecurity incidents. Some companies, like Hugging Face, have used open-weight models for cybersecurity work because they have more flexibility than closed models. Meta plans to release more open-weight models in the future.

Brief written by urgent.news from Techmeme, Channel News Asia, CNA - Business — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — it may contain errors, so check the original before relying on it.